Pyrothèque – the fireworks screen saver is back

Pyrothèque

the fireworks screen saver, revisited

News: Version 1.2.0 released 17 January, 2010.

A burst of nostalgia for your Mac.

Reminisce with me about being a Mac user in the
’80s. Saving the CRT on your precious Plus or
trusty IIcx from dreaded burn-in was serious
business. Maybe you opted for the simple blank screen; perhaps
animated line art was more your style.

For me, it was all about the fireworks. Silent,
hypnotic,
dependable fireworks. It seemed to
be what the Mac did on its days off; tiny pixellated explosions were
its hobby.

Pyrothèque brings the classic fireworks screen
saver back to Mac OS X, lovingly re-created from scratch using only
the finest black and white pixels. Or, use
the dead-simple control panel to switch from classic mode to modern mode, and let your shiny new Mac showoff a little.
Download it now using the big buttons above.

Pyrothèque costs a measly US$4. Four bucks.
The cost of a fancy espresso drink. Or half a movie ticket. Your
registration fee supports bug fixes
and development of more little OS X gems like
this one. Thanks for buying a hungry grad student’s lunch!